Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Gamecock Founded Janurry 30, 1908 ROBERT WLIaoTT Go zALE8~ First Editor Pubished weekly bg the Literary Societies of the University of South Oarolh during the collge year except during enam ntIons Entered as second class matter at the postoce at ColumbIa, S. O., November 2Eq 0, 1936 Menibr 39 7 Distribuoe, of t eiai Dile4 REPRIIENT[D FOR NATIONA*. ADVERTI/ING aY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publlshers Represtatipe 4*0 MADIoN AVE. Nsw YORK. N.Y. CNIcASO - "OSTON " SAN FaANCIeCO 11.O5 ANGEES PORTLAND " SEATTLE EXEOUTIVE BOARD VIVIEN LOMAS - - - - - - - - - - - - - Editor RAY BARGERON - - - - - - - - - Business Manager EDwARD HARTER - - - - - - - - - Managing Editor DEPARTMENT HEADS Oourtney Carson, Sporta Editor; Betty Comstock, Society Editor; Oath. erine Narey, Co-ed Editor. ASSOCIATES Francis Williams, Mary Belle Higgins. Associate Editors; Charles Lee. St. Olair Muckeniuss, Jr., and Harold Prince, Associate Managing Editors; Andrew Jones and Jim Polatti, Associate Business Managers; James Joyner and Tom Willis, Associate Circulation Managers. STAFF WRITERS IAonard D. Rosen, Albert Rouslin, Monty Skiles, George Sherman Zucherman, Martin J. Hodee, Max Husbands, Frances L4ybrand, T. W. Evans. Barney Beidleman, Doris Johnson, Louis A. Searson, Jr., W. A. Connoily, and Floyd D). Rodgers, Jr. TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1937 Welcome To those who have come from far and near to oin with us today in the inauguration of our pres ident, The Gamecock extends a most cordial wel come. Thrice welcome are those from afar, whose beau geste of friendship is not influenced by patri otic pride or the strong maternal ties of Alma Mater. For South Carolinians everywhere reserve a cherished nook in their hearts for their University. They know that the historical panorama of their state is irrevocably interwoven with the warp and woof of this institution's history. There are other universities more signally fa vored financially, but it is the pride of every South Carolinian, that within its storied walls and classic buildings there still prevails that exalted concept of cultural and spiritual ideals our forebears so greatly cherished. To all inaugural visitors the student body offers its full cooperation in making this a gala day. To President McKissick, o'ur compliments, and sincere wish for a happy and successful adminis tration. -U. B. C. "Why teach anything?" That was the retort made by Dean F. WV. Brad ley to a heckler's interrogation, "Why teach French?", at one of the meetings of the Modern Languages division of the South Carolina Edu cation Association here recently. * Why .teach anything? Not so inept as it sounds. "What is truth?" asked jesting Pilate. -U. s. C. The first ice ever brought to Columbia came from Maine in 1842. It was cut from lakes and rivers in winter and sawed into blocks weighing from two to three hundred pounds. The ice was shipped in sawdust, travelling by water to Charleston, and thence to Columbia by train. --U. S. C. Professor Hodges "In the passing of Professor Hodges, the Uni versity has sustained an irreparable loss," stated President McKissick recently, expressing a seni timent in which everybody who knew the caliber and the character of the man will concur. Pro fessor Hodges was a magnetic personality, a bril liant scholar, and a wise counsellor. Few professors who have been identified with the University in its long history have been so admired and beloved by his students. Bearing up valiantly in the face of physical infirmity, Pro lessor Hodges continued to be the perfect pre ceptor, the gallant gentleman, and the inspiration of his students to the very end. The influence of this 'extraordinarilygifted man was an augury of the service" he might have rendered his native Stat. under cIrcumstances more avoring.. McKissick Rion McKissick is a one-man chamber of com merce. No president of the University has ever worked harder for the institution. None has more completely invested himself for his University and his State. None has more courageously fronted the problems which have at times embarrassed the institution. The University could hardly wish t a finer ambassador, a more astute administrator, r r or a more persuasive advocate. Rion McKissick was not a candidate for the pres idency. In fact, he accepted the high and arduous commission only at the insistence of his friends. 1 At the time of his election, he remarked to a friend: "The only thing that could induce me to accept the presidency is the hope of doing something for the institution that has done so much for me." No t president has ever been willing to give more and i receive less. Under his unfaltering influence, the University is forging ahead. Already a new attitude is mani a festing itself in the Sta.te. The University is stand- s ing on the threshold of a new regime as it re- c dedicates itself to the service of the State. But no a one man can successfully guide the sometimes- p s troubled destinies of the institution. Not even P the Colonel. However hard he works, however r inuch he has accomplished already, however much h he is willing to sacrifice personally, he cannot hope to bring the University up to its potentialities t without the patient cooperation of the student c body, the faculty, and the alumni. No man was e ever more grateful of assistance, more determined n to learn; more willing to listen. Let's help the r y Colonel help us. His University is ours. n n1 -H. B. -U. s. C.- . Ii Who Could Ask More? In some quarters the State has been occasionally criticized for its niggardliness toward the Univer sity, and the appropriation granted has at times h been admittedly inadequate to maintain the institu tion. But by and large the State should and does love its university, the capstone of its elucational system, and has provided for it as liberally as it could under the circumstances. We refuse to be- a lieve otherwise. 11 The University depends exclusively upon the State for its maintenance. Its fortunes have beene inextricably bound up with those of the State. It has prospered when the State prospered, suffered when the State suffered. It has shared the eco nomic vicissitudes, the social cataclysms, the po litical ups)-and-downs of the people who sustain it. There are those who think the institution has gotten more of the "downs" than the "ups", but b)y and large a State-supported institution is likely to get its proportionate deserts. The State is fair-minded. The Legislature is fair-minded. They should be, and we believe they are, willing to appropriate for the University in accordance with the ability to pay and in propor tion to the value of the institution to the State. The formula for getting more appropriation is simple. MAKE THE UNIVERSITY MORE SERVICEABLE TO SOUTH CAROLINA. After all, the University is a joint-stock company in which every tax-payer in the State is a stock holder. The annual appropriation is an annual investment, an investment in intangibilities, but an investment nonet}}eless. And the State is entitled to the maximum return on its investment. Do we want more appropriations? Then let's appropriate more to the advancement of the State. Do we wish the Legislature to provide for us more gen erously ? Then let's add to the productivity of the State, to its ability to pay; No state institution can r,se higher than the commonwealth which sus -tains it: The State of South Carolina will support the University in proportion to its usefulness to the * State. Who'could fairly ask more? Literaiy Digress BY THREE PLAGIARISTS (OOINUWED PO1 'PAGE ONE) here-he knew the requirements fo is profession-he trained his student o become journalists. His thoughts is lectures, his assignments were di ected to that end. One of the reasons for his popular ty among his students was the infor nality with which he conducted hi lasses. The inevitable cigar spiralinF ts lazy smoke into the small room he stack of newspapers on the tabb efore him, made you feel that thi was not a class room at all, but a com anionable get-together for a discus ion of events in which all could tak art. With calm surveillance he scanne< hose papers and showed what wa ehind the scenes of the world happen ngs. Nothing excited him. It almos eemed that he knew what he woul< nd there. He made you feel tha vhether you know the point in discus ion or not-nothing really mattered nd that the world would go on. Lifc eemed to him like that-he took wha ame and made the most of it. Competent historian, astute observer nd able commentator he was. His ex ounding of minute details behind th< cenes of great events that have hap ened in South Carolina made you fee iat he was there when it happened fo prejudice-no distorting the issue e simply gave the facts. "The nosc r news," the curiosity for the strange rere put to good use in eliminatin8 )nvention in his classes. His informa on was always timely-his past dis ussions were linked with presen vents so that you could understan< oth. The "Colonel" didn't care sc tuch whether you could name the 19ti equirement of a reporter as long a: ou could name the Justices of the Su reme Court-that was something ewspaper man should know. He was interested in each one of hi: tudents. In one of his recent speeche. e made reference to what one educa r said-that students should be deal rith collectively. That 'was not hi olicy. "I choose to deal individuall: rith each student and each problem, e said. He made you feel that way 'ou knew that you could confide it im. -u. s. 0. Carolina Offers Twenty Degrees (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Ily trained business men in the State iie School of Commerce was establishec i 1919. Courses, including general bus iess, accounting, banking and financ< nd marketing, lead to a degree of Bach or of Science in Commerce. Because o ohumbia's central location there is op ortunity for the more advanced student f commerce to elect research courses us ig the industries of the entire state as; rboratory. There is ample opportunit; or concentration in any chosen field o rork. In 1882 the University first began ti rain students for 'professional teaching ut the project had a checkered caree ntil it was organized as the presen chool of Education in 1906. Since the: has established itself as a vital part o outh Carolina's educational system. "It urpose," according to Dean Orin I row, "is to bridge the gap betwee: heory andl prictice in teacher-training. The facilities of the school includin; working, five-year high school, is th Jniversity High. Situated in the stat apital, it has the advantage of contar vith the state Department of Educatior n the past five years alone, more tha wo hundred persons have earned degree rom the school, and have taken impor ant places as high school teachers, publi chool supervisors, principals, and super ntendents throughout the state. The School of Engineering is we quipped to train students in engineerinf ~iving them a liberal foundation fo uture study and research, and at th ame time offering them the proper prac ical contacts with the engineering work rhe undergraduate courses lead to de rrees of Bachelor of Science in Civi ~lectrical, and Chemical Engineerin1 P~rofessional degrees of C.E., E,E., an h.E. are conferred upon graduates o he school who have spent at least fiv 'ears in educational or professioms york, one year of which must have bee n a position of responsibility. "There is a broad field for engineer mig work in South Carolina and the Sout is a whole today," states Dean Row4 'Electrical engineers are needed for th tydro-electric and electrification projecti nd chemical engineers are ini demand fo he paper mills, rayon plants, etc., whic re pa .of the South's industrial reti scence.. The'Schon1 of Tournalism, thoughs e 18 YEAR.OLD S 4R IFRESMMN WON 16 $04 *WES1ERN 'fMATUlt 00 CWAMPIONSWP OYER AfiE - OF I5O WER" HIS FA1lfR.HELW1E SA I%11. JUSi 18 YEARSMI f t THE YALE swiMwv TEAM It W /7Y /S/".rXCESY/VE V/CTOQYIN /NTRw E6/ATE IX4.-MEETOWET/1 i.BY BEAT/NG 4RIMRD 45 70 26. OA.CP. Greek Groups Aid College Three national leadership fraterni ties are represented on the University campus-Alpha Kappa Gamma, Blue Key, and Omicron Delta Kappa, in addition to Kappa Sigma Kappa, a local service organizatiot. These groups further extra-curricular and scholastic activities and act as clear ing houses for the cooperation of the various student units. They sponsor projects for the general betterment of the University and provide scholar t ships for students. The University is also the only col lege in the State with a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholarship fraternity. In addition to the honorary fraterni ties, the following social fraternities and sororities are represented: fraterni ties, Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma, Phi Beta Delta, Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Epsilon Pi, 'Pi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon; sororities, Alpha' Delta Pi, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Zeta, Kappa Kappa Kappa. Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa, and Zeta Tau Alpha. During the fall semester of the current session, fraternity and sorority members attains a slightly higher scholastic rating than non-offiliated students at the Univer sity. --U...c. tablished as late as 1923, is an integral part of the University, offering a com plete and practical course in the prin ciples, theories and ideals of journalism. It equips newspaper men and women wvith the best methods and ethics of the pro fession. The four year course leads to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Jour nalism. Graduates of the school at pres ent hold positions of responsibility on papers throughout the country. The Un ivergity Law School, a member of the Association of American Law Schools, and approved by the American Bar Association, ranks well among sim e ilar institutions in the country. Its facili ties include a private law library of 13, t000 volumes, as well as access to the -library of the Supreme Court of South 1Carolina. The case system of instruction s is used. For their own benefit and train -ing, the law students frequently conduct a moot courts. - Before entrance into the Law School, the applicant must have completed at least two years of college work. The law *' course itself occupies three years and r leads to the degree of Bachelor of Laws a (LL.B.). - The School of Pharmacy not only pre -pares the student for the usual prescrip - tion work, but also for numbers of other positions, including those in research, -governmental, and manufacturing labora Itories. The school is a member of the fAmerican Association of Colleges of a Pharmacy. Because of its national rat Iing, its graduates are legally qualified to 1 take the state board examinations to prac tice pharmacy in any other state, The -' pharmaceutical course occupies four 1 years, and leads to the degree of Bachelor .of Science. A combined course of phar e macy and pre-medical leads to the same ,degree. r For the purpose of training persons for i service to mankind, the School of Social -. Work was instituted under the' auspices 465 the federal governmerit in Septeuinber', V8. Carolina Flashes Shaking Charleston Charleston, S. C. suffered most from the first earthquake of consequence in the United States, according to in formation found in the University of South Carolina library. The earthquake, which on August 31, 1886 was felt throughout the east ern part of the United States, in Charleston claimed forty-one (41) lives and a property damage of $5, 000,000. Lazy Southerners "Southern girls do not find cooking a pleasure" is the opinion of a Canadian student at the University of South Car olina. "It's time enough to learn to cook after J marry," said one southern belle, who thinks cooking a decided chore. Fireman, Help! The first building of fireproof con struction was the Fireproof Building which was designed and built by Rob ert Mills in 1899-9 on Meeting Street, between Queen and Broad Streets, Charleston, S. C., according to Infor mation found in the University of South Carolina library. It was built for the preservation of the county records and was a stone and iron structure, and is still in use. Master Stroke The Judge brought down his hammer Upon the court-room bench; Iheard a negro stammer, "H-he drobe dat nail un inch!" 'Un inch?" replied another, His eyes quite full of tears; "You fool, he drobe my brother In jail for forty years!" -Charlee E. David, Jr. Englan/ England, the "n e- of parlia-, nents" with its nauel government levied strict property qualifications for the right to vote between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries on its people, ccording to R. E. Wienefeld, professor of government at the University. Property with a specified rental value was necessary for a person to vote. This led to the "rotten bur roughs" and "pocket burroughs" in which seats in the House of Commons were bought by anyone with enough money. In certain burroughs in the south eastern part of England constituencies continued to send two representatives to the meetiggs of Parliament although the districts were completely sub merged by the sea. --o. s. o. mote public welfare and better community development and is the only school of its kind south of Richmond, Virginia. The Summer School was established in 1914 to meet the demands of high school teachers who needed special training in their particular kind of work, and to pro vide facilities for graduate study for them. Students in the summer session may pursue courses leading to the degrees offered durin'g the regular session, re ceiving full credit for them. The Univeri. sitf also offers all necessary wont for ~rtification of teachers during the sum